Newcastle Has Bought 106,402 Rifles and Bayonets in War Loans
The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 4
Enough money to buy 106,402 rifles and bayonets, or 186 anti-aircraft guns, or 37 twin-engined torpedobombers, has been subscribed in loans and war savings certificates by the people of Newcastle since May, 1910…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Few Persons at Concert Took Soldiers Home
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 2
The Civic Concerts' Committee is disappointed that more civilians who attended Sunday's free concert in the City Hall did not take…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Sydney League on Anzac Day
The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 6
SYDNEY: No Rugby League matches, official or unofficial, are to be played on Anzac Day, in accordance with the request of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Helping the War Effort
The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 5
WARATAH-MAYFIELD COMMITTEE: An address upon the activities of the Australian Comforts Fund was given at the fortnightly meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland War Loan Pennant
The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 3
The special trophy won by West Maitland for having secured the greatest per capita return of any tomi in the State with a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Protest Against War Insurance Rate
The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 3
A protest against the rate of 85 per cent, being charged for the war-risk insurance of stock and goods other than fixed property is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State War Legislation Next Week
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 1
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The next session of State Parliament, which will begin on April 8, will deal with bills concerning matters arising from the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lend to Small War Contractors
The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 1
WASHINGTON, Tuesday (AAP) —To-day the morale of small business is at its lowest ebb in history, said Senator James…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australia's Voice in the War
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 2
The establishment of a Pacific War Council in Washington is a triumph for Australian pertinacity, or, to be more precise, for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Risk Bonuses for Seamen
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 1
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Substantial increases in the salaries and wages of members of maritime guilds and unions for service in ships under…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boys Playing Part in War Effort
The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 4
"The children here are certainly playing their part in the war effort" said the secretary of the Newcastle Voluntary Salvage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mexico Supports U.s. War Effort
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 1
WASHINGTON, March 30.—The Mexican Foreign Minister (Senator Ezequiel Padilla) has arrived for official conversations regarding the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pacific War Council Russia's Absence Deplored
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 3
WASHINGTON, March 31.—The absence of Russia from the Pacific War Council established in Washington was referred…
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The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 2
RED CROSS MEETING.—Mrs. T. Cameron presided at the weekly meeting of the Newcastle Red Cross Society to-day Mesdames Hughes and Prince reported…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Cabinet Met in Basement Air-raid Rehearsal
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 1
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—War Cabinet, at its four-hour meeting to-day, had a rehearsal of the conditions in which it will work in an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pledge to War Commanders No Interference, Says Mr. Curtin
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 5
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A pledge that neither the Government nor Parliament would interfere with the military direction of the war…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Current Topics Soldiers Need Iron
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 2
SOLDIERS in a Newcastle camp area are willing to do their own ironing, but depend on residents near their camp to lend their irons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Retains Citizenship As U.s. Soldier's Wife
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 6
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—When an Australian girl married an American soldier, the Minister of the Army (Mr. Forde) said to-day, the girl…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Thirty Soldiers to Be Entertained
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 5
Arrangements were made by Hamilton Send-off and Welcome Home Committee's Younger Set last night for the entertainment of 30 soldiers on leave,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Teachers Aid War Effort
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 2
Male members of Newcastle Teachers' Federation have volunteered to assist in tabulating the information supplied by residents in answer to…
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